Miss Teenage America

The Miss Teenage America Pageant was started in 1961 as a pageant for High School girls. Sponsored by Dr Pepper, the pageant was held in Dallas, Texas for most of its run. Unlike today's Miss Teen USA and Miss America's Outstanding Teen, this pageant featured girls representing cities and not states.

The pageant was usually televised on the Saturday after Thanksgiving on CBS. The last televised pageant was on November 26, 1977 with Richard Thomas of "The Waltons" as host. Dr Pepper sold the pageant to Teen Magazine in 1981.

The national finals were also televised on February 15, 1979 from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Anson Williams, who played the character 'Potsy' on "Happy Days" was the host.

Miss Teenage America 1964, Judy Doll, gave up her crown on 19 May 19 1964 to get married on 3 May 1964 to George Wolfe, a junior at Central Michigan University. The first runner-up, Jeanine Zavrel of Washington, DC, was awarded the title. [21]

Former Contestants

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